Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Nothing, Brad could have yelled less but that's who Brad is. We know who Brad is as a coach. Some players aren't going to want to play for that. And that's the case with Dennis here.
Yup.
Anyone of the mindset that maybe Brad is our Mark Jackson, he got the ship righted. Now we need to find our Steve Kerr? Just a thought
So no RayJ and no Collins. We're still constructed like last year's team as of now. We're a better version than last year, but where's our veteran PG? If we don't have anyone who can consistently run the offense competently, we're still an early exit in March.
texillwek
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too soon?
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
During this “portal season” we had 4-5 guys who wanted to come here and play PG … All of them are at P5 schools and would be better than anyone we’ll get now …
Losing this kid is an epic failure. It was in the bag at one point and lost. With Ray J we’re a top 10 team with elite 8/FF aspirations. As the team stands today were a top 25 team and hope to make the 2nd round. A true PG makes everything run so much smoother and efficient. I expected more from the staff but still optimistic Sincere or Ty or another transfer can come in and over perform in the role of starting PG and lead us to a successful season.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Yeah, I think it's perfectly fine to acknowledge we really would have wanted him and/or the staff had a "bad" miss here while also being incredibly optimistic.
The rest of our roster is better, but our PG situation, as is, is considerably worse. Not that I expect it to remain as is, but we really need to land a PG
Welp, no Point Guard, gonna have to reach deep in the depths of the portal now to get something passable beyond uhh.. Ty Rodgers Point Forward I guess. Maybe screaming your lungs off at Jayden Epps wasn't the best possible decision. Welcome to the hot seat, Mr. Underwood.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I've got to stop watching live announcements like this. Never has it worked out the way I wanted.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I'm not a basketball guru, so someone put me in my place ... but if Sincere even had a passable jump shot, no one would be worrying at all!
Sean Miller still loves us right?
Time to fire up the Sean Miller speculation again
It's not even the jumper that's the issue for Harris. He has no idea how to control pace which is the most important thing for a PG.
On the plus side, this might make it less likely Brad enters his name the portal again next year. Makes it a little harder to ask for Nth extension in (N+2) years.
Talked to him last night … Lol …He just got a huge commit yesterday …
During this “portal season” we had 4-5 guys who wanted to come here and play PG … All of them are at P5 schools and would be better than anyone we’ll get now …
In the chat last night Piper mentioned Colorado State's Isaiah Stevens as a possibility and his stats look very similar to RayJ's: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4432117/isaiah-stevens
We are not constructed like last year. Last year we were very young and lacked shooters. Those areas are much different now. We do need to add PG and it sucks we missed on this one. With that cash they didn't spend may land a stud grad transfer not even mentioned yet.
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I would assume this puts A TON of pressure on Underwood to make the Sweet 16 next year.
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